Campo de' Fiori
unknown (Italian)
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Alternative Title
Campo dei Fiori
Date
2013-05-16Description
General view, looking south, depicting statue of the philosopher Giordino Bruno (who was burnt at the stake for heresy on this spot in 1600); Campo dei Fiori is a rectangular piazza near Piazza Navona in Rome, on the border of rione Parione and rione Regola. Campo dei Fiori, translated literally from Italian, means "field of flowers." The name, no longer appropriate, was first given during the Middle Ages when the area was actually a meadow. The demolition of a block of housing in 1858 enlarged Campo dei Fiori, and since 1869 there has been a vegetable and fish market there every morning. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 12/2/2007)
Type of Work
piazza (square)Subject
architectural exteriors, business, commerce and trade, City planning, Nineteenth century
Rights
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